| Clarice Cliff
is, today, regarded as one of the most influential ceramics artists of
the 20th Century and her work is collected, valued and admired the World
over.
There are far too
many interesting stories about Clarice and her creations to tell here on
a single page, but as a good starting point some pictures of the lady herself
and a few key facts will give you an insight into Clarice Cliff the person.
Key Facts:
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Clarice Cliff born
on January 20th 1899 in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
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Clarice started work
at the age of 13 in 'The Potteries'.
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Moved to the AJ Wilkinson's
pottery factory in 1916.
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Clarice given her
own studio. The famous 'Bizarre' wares launched 1927.
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She marries her then
boss, Colley Shorter, in 1940.
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Moves with Colley
to Chetwynd House, with its stunning gardens.
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The factory continues
to produce pottery bearing Clarice's name until 1964.
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Following Colley Shorter's
death Clarice sells the factory to Midwinter's.
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Clarice retires to
Chetwynd House.
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The first Clarice
Cliff exhibition takes place at Brighton in 1972 and Clarice provides comments
for the catalogue.
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Clarice Cliff dies
suddenly at Chetwynd House on 23rd October 1972.
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1999 celebrated Worldwide
as Clarice's Centenary year.
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This Web-site contains
much additional information about Clarice with many pictures of her pottery
and articles about her life and the people she worked with. If you are
researching Clarice and require some further detail we suggest you take
a look at the following sections on this site:
Was Clarice famous
during her own lifetime and, in particular, during her heyday of the 1930s?
We think this clipping from a '30s newspaper proves that SHE WAS! Click
HERE
to read the clipping.
All of the above
is just a small taste of Clarice Cliff and if this has encouraged you to
find out more about this undoubted genius then we can highly recommend
any of the Clarice Cliff book titles currently available. Please visit
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